Men's ratings of physical attractiveness, health, and partner suitability simultaneously versus separately: Does it matter whether within- or between-subjects designs are used?

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-333

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Hull, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Halo effects; Interpersonal judgements; Physical attractiveness bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT; ESTHETICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 69449102601     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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